Girls! You need to shave to get a boyfriend!!!

About two years ago, three very famous and influential male Youtubers came out with a video called "What guys look for in girls." What began as an innocent Q&A spiralled out of control as Cameron Dallas, JC Caylen, and Nash Grier listed out ridiculous expectations they have in potential girlfriends. The video led to a plethora of hate comments towards Nash Grier and he soon deleted the video from his channel. But luckily in this amazing world called the Internet, where nothing can be permanently deleted, the video was soon recovered, replicated, and uploaded by others.

This ten minute video could be one of the most frustrating things I've watched. And having to watch this over and over again now for this blog may or may not be killing me slowly. Before I even get into the expectations they listed, I need to point out that not once did the three Youtubers refer to the "girls" in their video as woman. They are literally three white privileged males criticizing and dictating what girls need to do to win their affection. If that hasn't made you irritated already, just you wait.

The very first point Nash Grier made about girls was that they "have to entertain" him. Cameron Dallas quickly agreed and added that girls "need to be fun and start conversations." In my opinion, that's probably one of the dumbest things Nash has said (and trust me he says multiple). He may not mean it, but from what he is saying, he is suggesting girls are just a form of entertainment that need to be fun in order to get a perfect boyfriend like him. They all later agree that girls also "need to be spontaneous" and "always want to go out and do things." Once again, this is extremely frustrating to see these ridiculous standards men are setting for "girls." Women are expected to always be energetic and a great companion to men. Not once did Nash, Cameron, or JC mention what they would do if she is not feeling adventurous or active. Do they not realize women can't be 100% energized 24/7? They are so focused on how women need to be in order to satisfy their needs and their needs only. They are blinded by the fact that women are not the materialistic forms of entertainment they perceive them to be.

The three then begin to criticize girls who "have no talent." My first thought at this was "Well, what talents do those three have? I mean, besides enforcing their gender roles on women." Besides making Youtube videos, these three don't display any other talent so who are they to dictate girls must have talent to get a boyfriend. They bring in stereotypes of inferior women when they mock them by saying "I'm just gunna marry a rich guy." What Nash is saying is "girls that have no ambition" will not get a boyfriend and will be judged. All three are taking a huge jump to the conclusion that if a girl doesn't have a talent, she is automatically dependent on men to sustain her life.

As the video goes on, Nash, Cameron, and JC begin criticizing girls' looks and what they like and dislike. It's incredibly ironic because the conversation starts on with all three agreeing to the fact that they like the natural look and they believe girls shouldn't have to change their appearance. But that statement is definitely not supported by what comes after. They all begin to list out superficial characteristics they enjoy like height, hair color, glasses, superb fashion choices, and light amount of makeup. To start things off, they say "short girls are hot." According to this theory, sorry half the population of girls that are tall, you're going to be alone forever. :)) They also make a comment about how they favor brunettes. So sorry to all the blondes out there, I guess you're out too. I'm not going into the absurd judgements they make on clothing and makeup, but if you would like to be as frustrated as me, I suggest you check the video out! I will have one comment however. It's that women dress nicely or put on makeup for themselves, not to satisfy men. It may not be the entire population of females I am representing but it's a good fraction for sure. 

The very last thing I have to comment on is the main reason why this collab video attracted so many hate comments. So the conversation went a little something like this:

Nash: "Everyone's trying to be one image, but like, just be yourself."

**literally three seconds later**

Nash: "Yo hygiene. SHAVE. Brush your teeth. SHAVE"

JC: "But the natural look though"

Nash: "The natural look is great! But HAIR! Take the hair off. Wax, shave, just take the hair off. UGH! When there's hair, it's terrible."

Nash basically contradicted himself in a matter of less than a minute. He emphasizes the importance of a natural look, but then goes on a rampage about how girls need to shave her arms, legs, even the peach fuzz on the top of her lips?!?! He once again imposes completely unreasonable gender roles onto women. Hair on women he perceives is "terrible", but I bet he doesn't feel that way about hair on himself, or any of the "masculine" men in the world. 

This irrational Youtube video features three hypermasculine men attempting to dominate women's lives by dictating what she can or can't do. By naming the video "What guys look for in girls" they are essentially saying if girls don't fit the criteria, guys won't be interested in them. They are appealing to the need of affiliation and companionship of women since the consequence of not following these standards will be loneliness. I cannot reiterate this enough, but everything Nash, JC, and Cameron mentioned in the video are things women do for themselves, not for the satisfaction of men's needs. Gender roles? Goodbye.